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Research suggest LLM chatbots may be effective against conspiracy theories (arstechnica.com)
submitted 3 months ago by gari_9812 to c/technology
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The article mentions more research is needed to confirm if the effect is long-lasting, but personally I'm happy someone may have found a good, practical usecase for LLMs.

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[–] gedaliyah 22 points 3 months ago

How do we keep forgetting over and over again as a society that people are spreading bigotry and conspiracy theories ON PURPOSE? We keep deluding ourselves into believing that if we just get the right tool to properly educate people then the problem will go away.

LLMs can and are being used to spread misinformation and propaganda and conspiracy theories and bigotry at least as rapidly as they can counteract it.